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Updated: 12:19, 20 January 2021
Animal rights campaigners have submitted a 15,000-signature petition against plans for a giant chicken farm.
A similar chicken shed to the three proposed at Chainhurst
Neighbours have previously expressed opposition to the plans, which would see three huge hen houses each holding 64,000 chickens erected on the floodplain of the River Beult.
Now pressure group PETA has sent a petition with more than 15,000 signatures urging Maidstone Borough Council to reject the plan.
Kevin Back, a typographer and father of four who is part of the We Love Chainhurst group opposing the plans, says campaigners are delighted by the show of support from those who signed the petition.